How to hide a phone number in the "Telegram"

Messenger "Telegram" is well known for its attitude to the personal safety of each subscriber. The developers of the program made sure that no one’s personal data was accessible to intruders. For this end-to-end encryption was implemented, thanks to which only its participants can read the correspondence, and secret chats are presented that do not leave any traces on the program servers at all.

Telegram functionality allows you to hide the user number.

Since the registration in the application takes place by phone number, it is quite logical that some users, especially those engaged in some kind of public activity, want to hide it from prying eyes. Imagine if your phone is known to several thousand people, and not all of them are well-wishers. In today's article we will look at how to hide your number in the Telegram.

How is the exchange of contact information

Before we begin to disclose the main topic of the article, let us consider how the exchange of contact information between the messenger subscribers takes place.

  1. When registering in the application, you specify your number, which is a five-digit confirmation code.
  2. After the registration process is completed, all friends from the phone book are automatically pulled up to the Telegram account. That is, you do not need to manually search for the right person and add it to your contact list, as a similar action, for example, occurs in Skype.
  3. All people who have your data can immediately see you in the contact list of the application and instantly contact you.
  4. If a subscriber is stored in the phone book, then when you write him a message via Telegram, he will be able to see your number.

How can you hide the number of "Telegram" from outsiders

If you need to exchange contacts with someone, can this be done somehow without naming telephone data? Can. You need to come up with a login, which may consist of letters and numbers during the first registration, or later set in the settings. The required item is located at the very top of the settings menu and is labeled as “Username”.

After you set the login, you will be able to find it without having to enter telephone information.

Conclusion

Although it is impossible to hide the phone number by means of the program, you can create a username, which you can then share with others. In the comments, tell us if you hide your personal information in the Telegram.